Grammar and Composition Online

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In the course, students will consider the themes of personal identity and coming of age as they engage in writing assignments designed to provide basic writing practice. Students will read several short literary pieces. Instruction will focus on ideas, organization, sentence fluency and conventions.

SEMESTER 1

Unit 1: Introduction

  • 1.1: Introduction
  • 1.2: Course Design
  • 1.3: Discussion
  • 1.4: Diagnostic Assignment
  • 1.5: Audience and Purpose
  • 1.6: Reflection

Unit 2: Ideas

  • 2.1: Ideas
  • 2.2: Having Something to Say!
  • 2.3: Looking at Student Writing Samples
  • 2.4: Thinking Skills/Logic
  • 2.5: The World of Universal Ideas
  • 2.6: Using Words that Captivate your Reader
  • 2.7: Technology and Writing
  • 2.8: Semester Project

Unit 3: Organization

  • 3.1: Organization
  • 3.2: Choose How to Organize What You Want to Say
  • 3.3: Looking at Samples
  • 3.4: Logical Organizational Structures in Sentences, Paragraphs and Essays
  • 3.5: Literature: Plot as an Organizational Device
  • 3.6: Organizing a Sentence
  • 3.7: Technology and Writing
  • 3.8: Semester Project

Unit 4: Midterm Exam

Unit 5: Sentence Fluency

  • 5.1: Sentence Fluency
  • 5.2: The Importance of Sentence Fluency
  • 5.3: Using Your Own Work as a Sample
  • 5.4: Combining Sentences for Sentence Fluency
  • 5.5: Literature
  • 5.6: Sentence Errors Confuse Readers and Hinder Fluency
  • 5.7: Project

Unit 6: Conventions

  • 6.1: Conventions
  • 6.2: Revising your diagnostic essay
  • 6.3: Choosing When to Use the Formal Conventions of English
  • 6.4: Avoiding Common Errors in Conventions
  • 6.5: Revised Essay Review and Final Draft
  • 6.6: Grammar in the Real World
  • 6.7: Coming of Age
  • 6.8: Review

Unit 7: Semester Exam

SEMESTER 2

Unit 1: Voice

  • 1.1: Voice
  • 1.2: The Importance of Developing Your Own Voice
  • 1.3: Looking at Samples
  • 1.4: Logic and Voice in Poetry
  • 1.5: Literature: Voice in Essays
  • 1.6: Oral Presentation
  • 1.7: Technology - Logic and Voice on the World Wide Web
  • 1.8: Semester Project

Unit 2: Word Choice

  • 2.1: Word Choice
  • 2.2: Improving Your Diction
  • 2.3: Rubric and Samples
  • 2.4: Strategies for Improving Word Choice
  • 2.5: Literature
  • 2.6: Creative Writing - Composing a Drama
  • 2.7: Using Technology
  • 2.8: Semester Project

Unit 3: Presentation

  • 3.1: Presentation
  • 3.2: Why Presentation of Written Material Matters
  • 3.3: Tips and Practice for Effective Presentations
  • 3.4: Logic in Advertising
  • 3.5: Technical Writing
  • 3.6: Review

Unit 4: Research

  • 4.1: Research
  • 4.2: Examples of Research
  • 4.3: A Logical Process for your Research
  • 4.4: Research
  • 4.5: Research, Decision Making, and Drafting
  • 4.6: Research and Literature
  • 4.7: Teacher Guide to Research Unit
  • 4.8: Literature
  • 4.9: Unit Review

Unit 5: Biography

  • 5.1: Biography
  • 5.2: About Biographical and Autobiographical Writing
  • 5.3: Examples of Classic Biography and Autobiography
  • 5.4: Examples of Modern Biography and Autobiography
  • 5.5: Thinking About Who We Really Are
  • 5.6: Composition
  • 5.7: Ethics in Biography and Autobiography
  • 5.8: Review

Unit 6: Final Exam

  • 6.1: Final Exam

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